Crime log: Jewelry valued at $15G stolen from Pitman home

-- Thousands of dollars in electronics and jewelery were taken from a home in the 500 block of Wesley Avenue Feb. 23. Police said sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6:38 p.m., someone cut out a screen to a basement window and forced it open.

A wooden jewelry box containing about $15,000 in rings and necklaces was stolen from the master bedroom. A 19-inch LCD flatscreen television valued at $200 was taken from another bedroom while a Kodak digital camera and charger with a total value of $350 was removed from an office.

-- A white male wearing a camouflaged coat and wool hat was seen breaking into a vehicle parked in front of the Good Shepard Church Feb. 22 at 8:39 a.m. Police said a witness in the 100 block of Wildwood Avenue saw the man hit the passenger side window of the vehicle with a hammer. Nothing was taken.

-- Sometime during the overnight hours of Feb. 21, someone entered an unlocked vehcile parked in the 500 block of Florence Avenue and stole a small silver purse, a “Pickle” handbag and a “Coach” wallet along with its contents valued at $395.

-- A Cannon A540 camera valued at $300 was taken from an unlocked vehicle parked in the 500 block of Florence Avenue during the overnight hours of Feb. 21.

-- A Garmin GPS unit valued at $400 was taken from a vehicle parked in the driveway of a home in the 600 block of Howard Avenue during the overnight hours of Feb. 22.